I was wrongly accused of murdering my fiancé

A mum-of-two had her life turned upside down when the man of her dreams fatally stabbed himself in front of her - and she was then wrongly accused of his murder.

Joleen Hulme, 37, from Bolton, spent six months in jail on remand after being arrested on suspicion of murdering partner Paul Dickson. Just three months before his death, the pair had got engaged while on holiday in Egypt after a year-long romance.

During an argument on the evening of December 30, 2018, Paul, 48, plunged a knife into his chest in front of her. Her husband-to-be died less than a fortnight later in hospital from heart failure on January 11, 2019.

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After his death, Joleen was arrested on suspicion of murder and was bailed until September of that year. As part of her bail conditions, she could only see her children for an hour-and-a-half a day with supervision. She was rearrested that month and again released on bail with the same conditions. Eight months later in May 2020, Joleen was charged with Paul’s murder and sent to Styal Prison while she awaited trial.

However, she was acquitted of killing him after a three-week trial in November of that year. Joleen says she still has no idea why Paul did it and wasn't aware of mental health problems. Finally building up the courage to talk about her hellish ordeal, Joleen said: “I’ve thought about whether he meant to do it a million times. He looked after me so well, and I knew he loved me so much.

“Within a matter of minutes we were really happy and then all of a sudden my partner had died on the floor. Even to this day, I don’t feel like I’ve had time to grieve because I’ve had that fight on